James Laidler
Director Of Data And Technology
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Laidler is a London-based data and technology leader with a decade of experience turning analytics, ML and AI into revenue-driving products and operational improvements. Currently Director of Data and Technology at Electrify Video Partners, he pairs hands-on Python engineering with strategic leadership, having previously built productionised models at PayPal and Openreach that materially reduced fraud and improved broadband operations. He has a track record of shipping pragmatic solutions—an XGBoost retention model used in production, an LSTM evaluated for sequence tasks, and Iguanas, a Python library he developed to streamline rules-based systems for onboarding. Comfortable moving between code, models and stakeholder communication, he also automates manual workflows (e.g., notebook-to-SharePoint pipelines) to save time across teams. Trained as a physicist at Imperial College, he combines analytical rigor with product-focused delivery.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolMaster of Science (MSci) Physics, Master of Science (MSci) Physics at Imperial College LondonDurham Johnston Sixth Form
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
binary-classification10
rule-based8
dataframe8
spark8
restructuredtext8
data-science7
markdown7
pydata7
documentation-generator7
sphinx7
jupyter-book7
python7
youtube-data-api6
autodoc6
big-data6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Electrify-Video-Partners/AGridable
May 2024 - Feb 2026
AGridable is a Python library which makes formatting tables in your Dash app a breeze.
Contributions:4 releases, 9 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 9 months
python
paypal/Iguanas
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Lightning-fast Python library for generating, evaluating, selecting, and optimizing interpretable rules.
Contributions:8 releases, 14 commits, 25 PRs in 2 months
pythondata-sciencerulesrules-enginerule-based
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